Josi knitted the shawl and asked me to crochet a border on it. She had expressed that a shell border would be fine, and at the suggestion of another yarny friend, I did not continue the shell pattern around the neck. I stared with a crab stitch, but it was too much like the knitted border, so I made and executive decision and crocheted single crochet around the neck, which I think is much better. Surprisingly, considering I was double stranding the yarn, I managed to match the tension very closely so the border maintains the softness of the shawl body.

I named this project – Josie & The Pussycats Theme Song by Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna (under the pseudonym “Denby Williams”) and Joseph Barbera (under the pseudonym “Joseph Roland”) – after the customer.